Canada's Carney Mocks Trump Over Conspiracy Claims

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney took a swipe at U.S. President Donald Trump when a teleprompter malfunctioned in the middle of his on-camera speech.During a housing policy news briefing at a construction site in Toronto on Wednesday, Carney was speaking in French before he abruptly stopped, telling the crowd in English: “I would now like to inform you that the teleprompter has ceased to function. Unlike a certain world leader, I do not view this as a conspiracy.”Carney laughed, along with the audience, as he delivered the quip, before launching back into the French-language portion of his speech. The remark appeared to reference Trump's claims of “sabotage” after a teleprompter malfunctioned during his address at the United Nations General Assembly in New York last September.“I don’t mind making this speech without a teleprompter, because the teleprompter is not working,” Trump had said on stage. “I can only say that whoever’s operating this teleprompter is in big trouble.”The incident came after Trump and his wife, First Lady Melania, encountered a stalled escalator en route to the main speaking hall.“This wasn’t a coincidence, this was triple sabotage at the U.N. They ought t...